[Chrysler300] Turbinators

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

Apparently several manufacturers have made a T-50 model gas turbine.  Here
is a picture of a Boeing T-50, rated at 330HP.  Solar also made a T-50
Taurus gas turbine in the 70's but it was probably on the order of 3500HP.
I saw some references to T-50 turbines in helicopters and Russian tanks,
also.

http://www.geocities.com/hobbyturbines/


A 1,000HP Solar Saturn gas turbine would fit nicely in a Chrysler 300 engine
compartment and they had gearboxes for them that would enable them to drive
slow-moving reciprocating pumps.  They operate at the 22,000 RPM figure
cited.

Gas turbines typically provide lower cost and lower weight horsepower, but
fuel economy is difficult and expensive to attain from small gas turbines.
Noise, poor fuel economy, emission issues and massive volumes of hot exhaust
gas make operation of gas turbines in Chrysler 300's on city streets
unfeasible with current technology.  But, I would not be surprised to see a
small gas turbine/electric motor hybrid car evolve in the future.  Gas
turbines are flexible in RPM and load, but work best and most efficiently in
a narrow range and that could be driving a generator.

Chrysler gave gas turbines the old college try in the '50's to '80's
according to Wikipedia:  

American car manufacturer Chrysler demonstrated several prototype gas
turbine-powered cars from the early 1950s through the early 1980s. Chrysler
built fifty Chrysler Turbine Cars in 1963 and conducted the only consumer
trial of gas turbine-powered cars.[7] Their turbines employed unique
rotating recuperator that significantly increased efficiency.

Those '63's looked a lot like T-Birds, but would have made an interesting
300-I, especially if Kiekhaefer had bought a six-pack of them and gone
racin'???  Andy Granatelli and Parnelli Jones just about pulled off an Indy
win in '67 in a turbine powered car.  I wonder if that gearbox had STP in
it???  Indy rules soon precluded gas turbines, much as NASCAR rules
precluded Chrysler hemi letter cars. 

For open wheel racing, 1967's revolutionary STP Oil Treatment Special
four-wheel drive turbine-powered special fielded by racing and
entrepreneurial legend Andy Granatelli and driven by Parnelli Jones nearly
won the Indianapolis 500; the STP Pratt & Whitney powered turbine car was
almost a lap ahead of the second place car when a gearbox bearing failed
just three laps from the finish line.

Stay tuned, film at 11.

C-300'ly,
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 Chrysler C-300 



-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bill Huff
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:10 PM
To: Gary Barker; Listsaver 300 Club
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] New Truck Power

What kind of clutch/transmission/rear end ratio is he using?

Bill Huff

At 9/17/200807:20 PM, Gary Barker wrote:

>I know this should not be on the Listsaver, But I just have to tell 
>you guys. A good friend of mine just finished putting a T-50 Turbine 
>in his 1/2 ton Pickup. It fit just perfect with no major cutting of 
>sheet medal. Never in my life have I experienced such a hair raiser 
>when your standing in front of the Grill and that Turbine starts 
>winding up. It idles at 20,000 rpm gets 2 mpg has two 6 inch 
>Stainless steel exhaust stacks coming up through the front of the 
>bed. He put all the aircraft gauges' in the dash. After he shut it 
>down he asked me what I thought My reaction was. This thing is like 
>"Viagra on wheels!." Its street legal too. I always wanted to build 
>a Turbine Car ever Chrysler built theirs All I have done is just 
>talk about it. This might get me off my rear.
>
>Just had to pass this to you. Gary Barker
>
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